‘Black Jesus’ Loses More Sponsors

TUPELO, Miss., Sept. 3 -- The American Family Association issued the following news release:

"Black Jesus" saw drops in both viewership and sponsorship last week, suggesting the anti-Christian and anti-African-American program is disturbing more people than it's entertaining.

After the August 7 debut of the show, American Family Association (AFA, www.afa.net) and its division OneMillionMoms.com contacted the show's key sponsors. Almost immediately, Unisom (Chattem, Inc.) and American Eagle Outfitters pulled their ads. In its continuing campaign, OneMillionMoms supporters contacted advertisers Progressive Insurance, Monistat 1 (INSIGHT Pharmaceuticals, LLC) and Airheads Candy (Perfetti VanMelle, Inc.). Not one of these companies continued their advertisements for either airing of the most recent episode last Thursday.

"The dwindling number of sponsors supporting this blasphemous and bigoted program shows that few companies want to be associated with 'Black Jesus,'" said OneMillionMoms director Monica Cole. "Americans have spoken and are continuing to speak, and we will not rest until this disgusting show is off the air."

Additionally, from about 2 million viewers for the debut, viewership for last Thursday's 11:00pm airing on the Cartoon Network was under 1.5 million.

AFA and OneMillionMoms are urging Americans to contact those companies who continue to support the program and let them know their advertising dollars are supporting bigotry and animosity towards people of faith.

The major advertisers sponsoring 'Black Jesus' are Hydroxycut (Iovate Health Sciences) and K12.COM/free (online learning - public school option).

"Black Jesus" features an African-American Jesus character who swears frequently, drinks and smokes marijuana as he interacts, sometimes violently, with friends and residents of Compton

Gardens. The most recent episode included vandalism, more than 40 profanities and an instance of domestic violence breaking out over supposedly unpaid child support.

American Family Association offers its friends and supporters several mobile apps through http://www.afa.net/resources/mobile-apps/. The AFA Action Alerts app, with breaking news and action alerts, is available for the iPhone and iPad on the Apple App Store, on Google Play and on the Amazon Appstore for Android. The AFR (American Family Radio) app is available for Apple and Android products, and the AFA Action app with, for example, voter information at election time, is available on Apple and Android platforms.

For more information on American Family Association, visit www.afa.net.

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